Measuring-bottle.



PATENTED NOV. 20, 1906.-

W. T. SEARS.

MEASURING BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 7. 1906.

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WILLARD T. SEARS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

MEASURING-BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Nov. 20, 1906.

Application filed September '7, 1906- Serial No. 333,604-

To all, whom, it may concern:

Be'it known that I,'WILLARD T. S ARS, a citizen of the United States,residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certainImprovements in Measuring-Bottles, of which the following is aspecification.

One object of my invention is to provide a novel form of bottle soconstructed'that it may be employed to measure out definite quantitiesof the liquid contained in it, it be ing particularly desired that thebottle shall be of such a construction as will permit it to becommercially blown in a relatively simple mold.

A further object is to provide a measuringbottle having its parts soarranged that when supported on its base the measuring-recess shall bein such a position as to be incapable of retaining liquid.

These objects I attain as hereinafter set forth, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a vertical section of myimproved bottle, illustrating it as resting in its normal position uponits base; and Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the bottle illustrated inFig. 1, showing it in position to measure a definite quantity of liquid.

In the above drawings, A represents the body of the bottle, which in thepresent instance is substantially rectangular in vertical section andprovided with a curved neck A. This neck instead of being internallycylindrical and extending vertically upward from the body of the bottleprojects in the present instance from one side of the top of said bodyand is bent at an angle of about forty-five degrees to theperpendicular, so'that it ends in approximately the center line of thebody. Moreover, said neck is bulged or inwardly concaved on its lowerside to form a recess, while its upper end is extended so as to receivethe cork. The lower edge of the bottle diametrically opposite that edgefrom which the neck A projects is flattened, as shown at a, so that itforms a relatively narrow supporting-surface lying in a plane inclinedat about an angle of forty-five degrees to the vertical, and thereforesubstantially parallel to the general line of the neck A. While theangles above noted are altogether arbitrary and merely cited as examplesof the pre ferred form of my device, the flattened edge a is so arrangedrelatively to the recessed neck that a line drawn tangent to the edge alying between the neck and the top of the bottle and parallel to theflattened edge a will, with the bulged portion 0, of the neck, define arecess whose volume will when the said edge a rests on a level surfacecontain the predetermined amount of liquid which it is desired tomeasure from the bottle.

In order to utilize the device, it is turned over, with its cork inposition, until theneck A is wholly or partially filled with liquid andis then placed with its flattened edge a on a level surface, as shown inFig. 2. this position, the liquid in' the neck in excess of the amountit is desired to measure will run back into the bottle, a predeterminedquantity, however, being retained in the bulge or cavity of the neck, asshown in Fig. 2. Upon removing the cork the measured amount of liquidcan be poured out by turning the bottle so that its side a approaches oris parallel with a horizontal line.

The neck A is so bent and shaped that in addition to being capable ofmeasuring a pre determined quantity of liquid its concaved portion is soplaced that when the bottle is-in the position shown in Fig. 1that is,resting upon its baseno liquid can possibly be retained in the neck,while, similarly, if it be turned so as to be supported upon its side aall liquid in the neck will certainly run out when the cork is removed,though the main contents of the bottle are still retained within thesame. It will be understood that these features are of importance whenthe bottle is used to contain medicine composed of ingredients of such anature as to separate into different layers upon standing, for if theneck be constructed as shown it will be seen that it is a practicalimpossibility for any liquid to remain in the neck after it has been returned to its normal position, there being thus but a single body ofliquid in the bottle instead of a large and a small body of possiblydifferent compositions, as might easily be the case if the neck were soformed as to hold liquid when the body rested upon said base.

I claim q 1. A bottle for measuring liquids consisting of a body havinga flattened portion extending, at an angle to the plane of its base, anda neck having a recess formed to retain a predetermined quantity ofliquid when the bottle is supported upon said flattened portion,substantially as described.

'2. A bottle for measuring liquids consist- When in ing of a body havinga flattened portion at one edge extending at an angle to the plane ofits base, and a neck having a recess formed to retain a predeterminedquantity of liquid When the bottleissupportedupon said =flattenedportion, said neck projecting from a part of the bottle substantiallydiametrically opposite to that having the flattened portion,

substantially as described.

3. A bottle for measuringliquids having a body, and a neck projectingtherefrom, a part of the body being flattened so as to lie in a plane atan angle to the baseof the bottle, and the neck being formed so as to beincapable of holding 1i uidwhen the bottle rests upon its base, Whi eretaininga predetermined amount of liquid When the bottle rests uponsaid flattened portion, substantially as described.

4. A bottle for measuring liquids consisting of a body having a neck,there being a flattened edge between the base and oneof thesides of saidbody, and the neck being curved so as to be incapable of retainingliquid hen the bottle is supported either on its base or on the sideadjacent to the flattened portion, While being formed to retain apredetermined quantity of liquid when the bottle is supported upon saidflattened portion, substantially as described.

5. A bottle having one of its lower edges flattened so as to lie in aplane at. about fortyfive degrees to the base thereof, and a neckextending from the edge of the bottle dianame to thisspecification inthepresence of 0 two subscribing witnesses.

WILLARD T. SEARS.

Witnesses:

WALTER CHIsM, Jos. H. KLEIN.

